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Table 3 Alpha diversity indices

From: Comparative analysis of the oral microbiota between iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) patients and healthy individuals by high-throughput sequencing

Variable (average)

IDA group(n = 24)

Control group(n = 24)

P value

Q value

Shannon

4.2296 + 0.33429

4.0145 + 0.57635

0.1206

0.1369

Simpson

0.031698 + 0.012867

0.052236 + 0.03746

0.0145*

0.02541*

Ace

306.57 + 61.323

331.86 + 54.177

0.1369

0.1369

Chao 1

303.12 + 63.103

331.88 + 55.689

0.1009

0.1369

Shannon evenness

0.76831 + 0.035344

0.71767 + 0.086783

0.0111*

0.02541*

Simpson evenness

0.14538 + 0.040599

0.1086 + 0.057768

0.0141*

0.02541*

  1. Q value: corrected P value; correction method: FDR; * 0.01 < P ≤ 0.05